Readability is a free app that works across IOS, Android, and Kindle platforms. Readers choose specific articles to read in real time or at a later date. The app cleans up the article so that only it is presented. Personalizing options exist for changing reading skins and type size. Customized versions exist for publishers to…
The free Pocket app works across many platforms, permitting the reader to save articles, videos, web pages and images for consumption at a later time. Integrated into over 300 apps, the versatile service is easy to use. Links can be added via email in addition to directly from the Internet. One of the interesting pitches…
Build your personal splash page and control your web presence. Begun in 2009, sold to AOL in 2010 and repurchased in 2013, developers Tony Conrad and Ryan Freitas believe in proactive management of personal profiles. The About.me platform permits the user to create a single webpage with direct links to other pages so that visitors…
Brainshark offers a selection of video presentation tools for developing and sharing user-created content. Services in the free individual product include a cloud environment. Users can upload PowerPoint, documents, photos and videos into the Brainshark video creation platform. The easy-to-use software permits the developer to create on-demand video that includes text, images and audio. The…
Purchasing power parity (PPP) is the rate of exchange between two currencies that results in equal purchasing power in each of the economies. Since 1986, the Economist has published the Big Mac PPP index in which the price of a Big Mac in one country’s currency is divided by the price of a Big Mac…
This interactive report on the status of patent prosperity in the US, prepared by the Brookings Institution, shows the relationship between patents as a measure of invention and economic growth in the major US metropolitan areas. The metropolitan area data includes: patent activity by year of application, trends in patent growth and productivity growth, a…
Virtual learning documents that include photos and videos now can be created using iPhones, iPads, and iTouch devices and then posted to the Internet or shared with other users. The downloadable Snapguide iOS app walks the user through the creation and uploading process. The online weblink for the finished product can be embedded in websites. …
Finding credible news stories can be time consuming. One of the latest in the online news aggregation search sites is ScoopWeb. The search engine is easy to use and claims that it is providing materials from over 500 reputable sources, including mainstream sources such as BBC, Reuters, Bloomberg, and regional newspapers such as the LA Times. Search…
ReadCube simplifies research search and organization for academic writing. The algorithm permits searching across several platforms including Google Scholar and PubMed. Once located, the articles are stored in full-text searchable files that can be annotated and restored. Citation information is parsed so that additional references can be located and read. They can be exported to…
Resources for courses exist everywhere, but locating the right ones for a specific lecture can be time-consuming. Gooru is an education-dedicated search engine that permits users to search across a variety of media-types for materials that can be used in course work. This includes activities, quizzes, study guides, videos and pre-packaged courses or subject lectures. …